My teammate, Mary Kate and I are enrolled in a class through Eastern University. It’s all about exploring poverty and justice in our neighborhood. Our latest assignment has been writing a comprehensive essay of our neighborhood – it’s history, it’s culture, and it’s future. The first two and a half months have really shaped our vision on this subject. It’s something that everyone should observe in their own contexts, being aware of neighbors and how you’re life effects them. I …
“One day more. Another day, another destiny. This never-ending road to Calvary.” August 30, 2011. Opening night for Les Miserables. The poor and oppressed line the streets of Paris, slowly strangled by their own despair. “At the end of the day, you’re another day older. And that’s all you can say for the life of the poor. It’s a struggle it’s a war, and there’s nothing that anyone’s giving. One more day standing about, what is it for? One day …
In the end, people may not remember what I say. They may not remember what I tried to teach them. They may not even remember my name. That’s ok. They will remember how I loved them.
